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Parcours atypiques : un atout pour s’épanouir professionnellement | Catherine Frenette | TEDxQuébec


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some time ago I received a call
phone from a friend a call that me
surprise a little bit to put you
in context it’s a friend who
comes from west africa
she did her graduate studies here
in canada i consider him very
smart and a friend really
deep of a friend to whom I wish
a lot and in whom I believe a lot
she told me of a difficulty
personal she lived in d4
I can not find a job I
looking for people do not me
do not want to receive me for an interview a
says stop to ideas how it’s
difficult for an immigrant to
work here in canada
and then it’s something that I
never thought of myself as such
in general our lives follow a course
linear enough is finally studied
have chosen a career one studied it and
then we work more we do not pose
really more questions than that in
life to the limit we may be
change work one day since it’s
just about everything for my part
path was a little different
motion transgender people what wants
to say that I actually had to do a lot
conscious efforts and
efforts enough sustained to be able to
present to you today in
this dance is apparent that for
to be able to present myself in an appearance
which reflects my deep identity
we call that a transition because
it’s obviously a moment in life
where are we doing this my transition right now
is behind me my transition for my
part is very well it’s not
everyone that this chance there is
people they live differently more
with difficulty
for my part I had a lot of
support from my family from the
from my friends it was very good
chances I had I do not have
really perceived as an opportunity to
the time it was the chance to lose
my job
yes it’s really wonderful like that
as life experience to be in the end
in gender transition period of
change his appearance too
basically what in the end to a
job search period it’s a
nice challenge
then I would say that in a
situation like this one we take the
measuring the number of doors that can be
close in front of us one is a lot of
doors in the city that can be received
in the face to put you in
situation then I promise you I have
really no other leaders after the
success of the ofppt it’s over according to a
study that was done in ontario he
a few years ago
39% of people who define themselves
as trans feels to have already been
already seen refuse a job
I feel connected to the situation
My friend from Africa is living
west
people the unemployment rate at
the immigrants here in quebec
is 32 percent higher than at
The people who
we are in quebec or canada it’s a
difficulty that can be experienced from
different ways how do we
lives this often it can be some
thing like very very things
subjective for example well we do not have to
Interview level is the moment
ideal we did not find that you match is
really with what we were looking for
exactly as a type of
personality that we see bonnet pop
all done in his team hears
many are things that are
subjective it’s important for me to
name it because subjectivity has
followed in both directions
I want to acknowledge the fact that when we
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when we find ourselves in a situation
like this one you see how much
it’s difficult to rethink it was
moving when we find ourselves in a
situation like this one brings a
part of our insecurity with us and
the difficulty of selling in an interview
comes as confirmed the difficulty of the
no one will welcome us that remains
subjective then it blocks us but it
comes from us finally the base ago
also other situations that are
much more objective as per
example the difficulty of doing
recognize a diploma or a
work experience we have gained
in another job in another country
as in the case of my friend from Africa
from the west or acquired under a
Other name
when we can not check a
information either by language or by
because of the no that has changed as in
a situation like mine but it’s
difficult to assert himself obviously
fully people who have lived a
pathway like mine like people
who chose to live here
share something is something
important thing is the importance and
the desire to redefine itself to express the
best of ourselves to express our
deep identity to society and that’s it
goes on a lot by the job why
simply because it’s at
level of work that way
general we contribute the most to the
society is also why we
gets paid because we contribute
something for on wages in
exchange
sorry when you are when we want when
we want to offer the best of ourselves
when we are confronted with a door that
closes itself
how can we react we have
basically three ways of
react to a situation like only the
first it can be simply
accept the situation and do nothing
we call it resigning mom to a
beautiful expression for a situation
like that she would say she wanted to be
a girl returned to the restaurant a beautiful
way blue color div
it can work another attitude
it’s going to be simply verbalize
our difficulty but when we stay
is not at the stage of verbalizing one
call it complaining and then it helps
not to advance in life the 3rd stage
has taken action takes action
it’s called in the life of john
lemonade fire lemonade
have you ever thought about the recipe because
that it sounds easy when you
said like that a mail cited lemons
make lemonade if you already have
tried like me to make lemonade
just with lemons odopod 5 no
recipe proportions is not ideal
and then it’s a little bit alone
is that it does not reduce to a
situation as simple as this one
because we want to express something
of complex g at ​​home a book that
is called the practical guide a game we
book the practical guide of innovation
never open I find it fascinating in
do I make you the long version
I find it easy without opening it
who the long version is worth
it’s offered to me it’s my teacher
the university that gave it to me 8 even
had offered him as a gift is
itself the never offered be the book
to something like a curse
or something like that is doomed
for all its life to be offered
never again never read by
no one be there something
important to us to announce to us
to teach us just by his own
presence this guide practices a guide
usual practice it’s fast and
effective it is 630 steps
it expresses something about us
complexity
we are very much in the fashion of
recipes of the practical guides of things
easy to follow
methods that just follow for
to express oneself in order to be able to
anything out or make them but
there are situations that describe themselves
as it can help situation
fundamental because everybody
merit of offering the best of oneself
even if we have not finished high school
even if we do not have experience of
work that deserve to be
the front in a CV even if we are at
work for so long
we can not get out of our zone anymore
of comfort
we still have something
of fundamental and important expressed
which is our deep identity as
mir and all of us find our place in
society and to express it
it happens more often than not at
through work and it’s something
we started to think about it with the
company that I founded
asked how could we
help people finally found their
recipes of how to express oneself in
knowing it’s something
so fundamental that the recipe
will not be easy the solution we have
found it was to develop
workshops we formulated workshops
participatory where we use a lot the
co development
they the workshops that we invented this
funds in three sessions the first
sitting and who am I where are we leaving
really my dreams what I want
realize in life the second session
and my information tools my
experience etc
then the third session is called
literally my action plan because
that what we want to do obviously this
able to express themselves through through
who we are our personal experience
and professional in society
we use the tools that were
formulated for companies
tools like force analysis and
weaknesses emotional intelligence
portfolio of skills the target market
is the added value
why we use tools like
this because it creates a distance a
objectivity that allows the person to
to go into observation mode then
to move towards development sound
own his own
the action plan and we are working to
through all those skills
cross-cutting as valuing my
skills my values what is it that I
am like nobody and my project
staff what do I really want
expressed in society
if every person has the right to express
basically his deep identity
and through his work of
develop as a person of the same
way society has the right emeritus
also to receive all these expressions
individual
because it’s one person at a time
by expressing his full potential and a
growing by developing as
no one contributes to the progress of
the society
today I am very proud of the work
we accomplished with our workshops
it’s wonderful to see the reaction
people of the participants dd moments
who are graduating moments
really awareness
they are very very beautiful before me
I feel I have found my way through
the project a few are these workshops there
and I am very very proud of it
invite today to think about your
own recipe to ask you what
you express to society it is
really your deep identity
do you really have more
fundamental to offer to the world
as for my friend who comes from africa
west but I’m very happy to
to say she moved to canada
English a few months ago and she
now works in the field of
teaching she is super happy
very reliable of the work she does
everyday a story that ends well
thank you
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